Noah Mbamba
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Noah Mbamba-Muanda | ||
Date of birth | 5 January 2005 | ||
Place of birth | Ixelles, Belgium | ||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defensive midfielder, centre-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Fortuna Düsseldorf | ||
Number | 39 | ||
Youth career | |||
2019–2020 | Genk | ||
2020–2021 | Club Brugge | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2020–2021 | Club NXT | 20 | (3) |
2021–2023 | Club Brugge | 16 | (0) |
2023– | Bayer Leverkusen | 4 | (0) |
2024– | → Fortuna Düsseldorf (loan) | 4 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2020 | Belgium U15 | 2 | (0) |
2021–2023 | Belgium U19 | 12 | (0) |
2024– | Belgium U21 | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:11, 25 May 2024 (UTC) |
Noah Mbamba-Muanda (born 5 January 2005) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or centre-back for 2. Bundesliga club Fortuna Düsseldorf, on loan from Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen.
Club career
[edit]On 22 January 2021, Mbamba made his debut for Brugge's reserve side, Club NXT in the Belgian First Division B against Lierse.[1]
He made his league debut for the senior squad of Brugge in the Belgian First Division A on 23 May 2021, when he started in the game against Genk, at the age of 16.[2] He made his Champions league debut on 3 November 2021 against Manchester City at the age of 16.
On 14 January 2023, Mbamba joined German club Bayer Leverkusen for an undisclosed fee, signing a contract until June 2028.[3][4]
On 19 June 2024, Mbamba joined Fortuna Düsseldorf on loan for the 2024–25 season.[5]
International career
[edit]Born in Belgium, Mbamba is of Congolese descent. He is a youth international for Belgium.[6]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 3 February 2024[7]
Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Club NXT | 2020–21 | Belgian First Division B | 11 | 0 | – | – | – | 11 | 0 | |||
2022–23 | Belgian First Division B | 9 | 3 | – | – | – | 9 | 3 | ||||
Total | 20 | 3 | – | – | – | 20 | 3 | |||||
Club Brugge | 2020–21 | Belgian Pro League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[b] | 0 | 2 | 0 |
2021–22 | Belgian Pro League | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3[c] | 0 | 1[d] | 0 | 21 | 0 | |
2022–23 | Belgian Pro League | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[d] | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
Total | 16 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 0 | ||
Bayer Leverkusen | 2022–23 | Bundesliga | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
2023–24 | Bundesliga | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2[e] | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | ||
Total | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 7 | 0 | |||
Career total | 40 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 54 | 3 |
- ^ Includes Belgian Cup, DFB-Pokal
- ^ Appearances in Belgian Pro League playoff
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- ^ a b Appearance in Belgian Super Cup
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
Honours
[edit]Club Brugge
Bayer Leverkusen
References
[edit]- ^ "Lierse 3–1 Club NXT". Soccerway.
- ^ "Brugge v Genk game report". Soccerway. 23 May 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
- ^ "Noah Mbamba naar Bayer 04 Leverkusen". Club Brugge (in Dutch). 14 January 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
- ^ "Bayer 04 holt belgisches Top-Talent Mbamba". Bayer 04 Leverkusen (in German). 14 January 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
- ^ "FORTUNA LEIHT NOAH MBAMBA AUS" [FORTUNA LOANS NOAH MBAMBA] (in German). Fortuna Düsseldorf. 19 June 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
- ^ Taecke, Tomas (24 May 2021). "Geslaagd debuut voor 16-jarige Noah Mbamba: "Aan de bal is hij fenomenaal"". Het Laatste Nieuws (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 June 2021.
- ^ Noah Mbamba at Soccerway
- ^ "Club Brugge vs. Gent 3-2". Soccerway. 17 July 2021.
- ^ "Bayer Leverkusen are 2023/24 Bundesliga champions!". Bundesliga. 15 April 2024. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
External links
[edit]- Noah Mbamba at WorldFootball.net
- Profile at the Club Brugge website
- 2005 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Brussels
- People from Ixelles
- Belgian men's footballers
- Belgium men's youth international footballers
- Belgian sportspeople of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent
- Men's association football defenders
- Club NXT players
- Club Brugge KV players
- Bayer 04 Leverkusen players
- Fortuna Düsseldorf players
- Challenger Pro League players
- Belgian Pro League players
- Bundesliga players
- 2. Bundesliga players
- Belgian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Germany
- Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
- 21st-century Belgian sportsmen